Program Agenda

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Program Objectives

• Provide an overview on recent revisions and modifications to the Medicare Part D benefit, with a focus on those aspects that affect long-term care pharmacy owners
• Provide an update on legal and regulatory issues that are currently impacting long-term care pharmacy owners and how these issues may affect the delivery of services to facilities
• Identify and discuss new technologies that can assist long-term care pharmacy providers in improving efficiencies and profitability within their businesses
• Discuss new marketplace challenges that are affecting the interaction between long-term care pharmacy owners, prescription drug plans, and other long-term care decision-makers
• Provide perspectives from a broad group of healthcare thought-leaders on the dynamic senior care marketplace and how long-term care pharmacy owners can maximize their opportunities within this environment

Continuing Education Information

Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. has applied for pharmacy continuing education credit for this meeting.

Program Description

The nation's largest alternate site GPO is holding its 5th Annual MHA Business Summit for Long-Term Care Pharmacies and other industry partners on March 27-28, 2008, at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada. Last year's Business Summit attracted over 310 pharmacy attendees and 160 industry partners. MHA is looking forward to building on those numbers at this year's Business Summit. The 2008 MHA Business Summit will continue to focus on strategies to maximize long-term care pharmacy opportunities under Medicare Part D. Other topics will include an implementation update on state and federal regulatory issues that pertain to pharmacy services, new technologies that are improving efficiencies, reducing costs, improving medication errors, and reimbursement and financial management strategies. As in the past, this year's Business Summit will feature speakers from different sectors of the industry including national thought-leaders, representatives from federal and state offices, prescription drug plans, nursing home and assisted living owners, independent pharmacy owners, and various industry lobbying associations.